Venezuela vs Argentina Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier ...

The referee blows his final whistle to announce th end of the game. 

Venezula 0 vs 1 argentina

Four minutes added on after the end of regulation time. 

The game has failed to live to to its level. 

Messi almost sets up Tagliafico for an Maal chalenged busines.

Messi, Alvarez and Otamendi are dictating ilay..

Solomon Rondon equalises for Venezuela. 

Venezuela gets a free -kick

Free-kick. for Argentina in a very dangerous position.

Messi’s attempted through ball for Alvarez is deflected away for Yordan Osorio, who wanted to make a statement. 

Rulli denies Rondon. Corner for Venezuela. Rulli saved another brilliant strikes, this time from Nahuel Ferraresi. What a brilliant reflex save. 

The second-half is under way. 

The referee blows his whistle to ends the first half. 

One minute added on by the fourth officials. 

Rondon is making lives difficult for the Argentine defenders . 

De Paul’s handball gives Venezuela a free-kick. Otamendi denies Venezuela equaliser with crucial block on the goalline. 

Things are getting spicier as both teams are looking for goals. 

Martinez gets yellow for his challenge on Lo Celso. 

It has been quite a lively match so far despite the pitch being in a awful condition. Both teams are going for every 50-50 challenge with intensity and commitment. 

Rondon almost equalises for Venezuela after Pezzella’s attempted clearance takes a deflection of the Venezuela striker. 

Venezuela gets another corner and almost equalises from it. The match has become end-to-end. Martinez takes a shot from distance but straight at Rulli. 

Argentina now gets a corner. Messi’s inswinger is cleared by the Venezuela defence. 

Venzuela gets a corner. However, Argentina intercepts the deadball and launches a counter attack which ultimately fizzles out. 

Lo Celso is fouled by Herrera, Argentina gets a free-kick. Messi behind the deadball. A dangerous ball is punched away by Roma but heads in by Otamendi. 

Rincon takes a fierce shot from outside of the box but it is straight to Rulli, who catches it without any fuss. The first shot on target comes from the hosts. 

The conditions has spiced up the game. Players are going hard for every challenge. The referee has a hard task on his hands today. 

The conditions are far from ideal for the players. The dampness of the pitch is creating a lot of confusion for the players. 

Argentina gets a free-kick. 

There is still a lot of water on the pitch and in certain areas the ball is getting stuck due to excessive water. 

The FIFA World Cup 2024 qualifier match between Venezuela and Argentina is finally under way after over 30 minutes delay due to bad weather. 

The national anthems of both nations are going on. LIVE action coming soon. Stay tuned for LIVE coverage of Argentina vs Venezuela. 

The players of both sides are coming on to the pitch after almost a 30 minutes delay. 

The players are gearing to enter the pitch after an official inspection. Things are looking much much better than 15 minutes ago. However, we are yet to know the kick-off time. 

Players of both sides have come out and are sitting on their respective benches. A very positive sign for the spectators. 

Match officials are inspecting the ground, they are going in several parts of the pitch and rolling out the ball to see how it is reacting. 

It has been 12 minutes since the original kick-off time. The officials are still discussing among themselves. Ground staff are working hard to drain water out of the pitch. 

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Why is Argentina vs Venezuela FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying match kick-off delayed?

The Argentina vs Venezuela match in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers on Friday at the Estadio Monumental de Maturin in Maturin has been delayed.

Argentina: Rulli (GK); Acuna, Otamendi, Li. Martinez, Tagliafico; De Paul, E. Fernandez, Lo Celso; Messi, La. Martinez, J. Alvarez

Venezuela: Romo (GK); A. Gonzalez, Osorio, Ferraresi, Navarro; Savarino, J. Martinez, Casseres, Herrera, Soteldo; Rondon

Played - 14

Argentina - 10 

Venezuela- 2 

Draws - 2

World Cup and Copa America holder Argentina will travel to Maturin to face Venezuela in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifier on Friday at the Estadio Estadio Monumental de Maturin.

Argentina is currently top of the qualifying table standings with 18 points after winning six of the eight matches it has played so far. However, it lost its last match against Colombia.

On the other hand, Venezuela is sixth in the table with 10 points from the same number of matches.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying match between Venezuela and Argentina to be played at the Estadio Monumental de Maturin in Maturin.